Nottinghamshire v Sussex: Scores & match report

Match scores (Trent Bridge)

Result: Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 88 runs

Nottinghamshire 1st inns: 447 all out (Wessels 202*, Broad 57, Hales 45; Magoffin 5-51, Archer 3-155)

Sussex 1st inns: 155 all out (Archer 40; Pattinson 4-22, Broad 2-38, Ball 2-44)

Sussex 2nd inns: 204 all out (Nash 53, Archer 47, Wright 34; Broad 3-40, Pattinson 3-33, Fletcher 3-43)

Day two report

Nottinghamshire produced a ruthless performance with the ball to defeat Sussex inside two days in their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match at Trent Bridge.

The visitors were bowled out for scores of 155 and 204 on the second day to lose their second match of the season by an innings and 88 runs.

James Pattinson claimed first-innings figures of four for 22 and followed it with three for 33 in the second innings, with Stuart Broad and Luke Fletcher also grabbing three wickets when Sussex batted again.

After losing three wickets on the first evening, Sussex's first innings failed to gather any momentum as the home side rotated their four quick bowlers with great success.

Pattinson made short work of doubling his wicket tally from two to four in the opening 20 minutes of the day. Delray Rawlins nicked the Australian's fourth ball of the morning behind, giving Chris Read his 500th first-class dismissal at Trent Bridge.

Laurie Evans was given a torrid working over and only made nine before nicking an attempted drive into the safe hands of Samit Patel at second slip.

There was no let-up for the visiting batsmen with Jake Ball belatedly entering the attack and gaining immediate reward as Stiaan van Zyl nicked behind for 28.

Broad put down a difficult one-handed diving attempt to dismiss Luke Wright, when the Sussex captain was only on three. Ball made the decisive breakthrough, bowling Wright for 34 to leave the visitors on 93 for seven.

Ben Brown was pinned in front of the stumps to become Luke Fletcher's sole victim but Notts were then held up by Jofra Archer.

The 19-year old top-scored with a 29-ball 40, which included two sixes, but he could not resist hooking Broad straight into the hands of Greg Smith at deep backward square-leg.

Samit Patel's slow left arm spin accounted for Steve Magoffin, leaving the visitors to spend lunch facing the prospect of having to bat again.

Things began dreadfully, second time around, as Broad removed Harry Finch and Delray Rawlins, both for nought.

Nash and Van Zyl added 62 for the third wicket but the switch to the Pavilion End worked wonders for Pattinson, who removed them both.

The Australian had Van Zyl caught behind for 21 and then pinned Nash lbw for a battling 53.

Laurie Evans went the same way, also without scoring, leaving Fletcher to take the plaudits by skittling the next three batsmen.

Brown edged to second slip, Wright chipped to mid-on for 34 and Stuart Whittingham nibbled behind.

Archer connected with some lusty blows in making 47, before becoming the 17th - and final - Sussex wicket to fall on the day.

Nottinghamshire take a maximum 24 points from the contest, after starting life in the second tier with three consecutive victories. Sussex's second loss delivered only three bonus points.

Day one report

Riki Wessels struck an exhilarating career-best unbeaten 202 as Nottinghamshire feasted on an inexperienced Sussex attack on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match at Trent Bridge.

Wessels plundered his runs from 177 balls, hitting 22 fours and seven sixes, to help his county to 447 all out before Nottinghamshire's much-vaunted bowling unit reduced Sussex to 11 for three from the final six overs of the day.

Dropped for the final four matches of last season after only averaging 25 with the bat, 31-year-old Wessels scored his runs all around the wicket and made Sussex pay for dropping him on 47, with first slip Harry Finch grassing a regulation nick off Jofra Archer.

Steve Magoffin was the most threatening bowler for the visitors, taking five for 51 but when he left the field, an hour after lunch, batting became much easier for the home side.

Magoffin had dismissed Greg Smith and Samit Patel in his opening burst after Sussex captain Luke Wright had opted to bowl first. Smith was smartly taken at gully by Laurie Evans for eight and Patel feathered a catch behind for only four.

A quickfire 45 from Alex Hales was the chief catalyst for Nottinghamshire's fightback but he and Jake Libby, who scored 21, went in the same Archer over.

When Michael Lumb edged Magoffin to gully, the home county had slipped from 83 for two to 88 for five in only eight deliveries.

Riki Wessels and Chris Read added 54 either side of lunch but their partnership was ended by another fine bit of bowling from Magoffin, who got one to nip back and take the inside edge on its way to bowling Read for 30.

James Pattinson made just 12 runs on his home debut for Notts, caught behind to give Magoffin the 27th five-wicket haul of his career.

The tall fast bowler left the field at the end of his spell, allowing Wessels to take the spotlight, although Stuart Broad also staked a claim for the batting honours as he reached a second successive 50 in the championship before being bowled by Stuart Whittingham for 57.

Broad's knock included nine fours and a six and he helped add 132 with Wessels in only 15.4 overs.

With their main strike bowler back in the pavilion Wright rotated the rest of his four-man attack, Archer, Whittingham and debutant Adam Barton - a trio that boast just 22 first-class appearances between them.

Wessels was particularly savage on anything dropped short and an unforgiving short boundary meant that runs flowed almost effortlessly at both ends.

Archer's figures of three for 155 came from 27.5 overs, whilst Whittingham took one for 88 from 10 overs, with Barton leaking 81 from 11 wicketless overs. Stiaan van Zyl had better fortune, trapping Luke Fletcher lbw for 25 but no-one could tame Wessels.

His seven maximums included two scoops over the long leg ropes off Barton and a mighty heave into the pavilion off Van Zyl, securing Notts maximum batting points in only 71 overs.

After two stoppages for bad light Wessels went past the 199 he scored at Hove, against the same opposition in 2012, to record a deserved double-hundred from 170 deliveries.

A fairly forgettable day for Sussex ended with their first innings in total disarray as Pattinson and Broad snared three wickets in just nine deliveries.

Pattinson removed Chris Nash lbw for one and sent the stumps of nightwatchman Whittingham cartwheeling out of the ground. 

In between, Broad ended Finch's short stay on one, thanks to another successful leg before wicket appeal.